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several members of the president's top national security team leaving after closed door meetings, the defense secretary, the director of national intelligence, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, they were all there. all of this coming several hours after russia's parliament approved the use of military force inside ukraine. ukraine's government has condemned russia's approval of military force, calling it a direct aggression and the opposition leader has called for ukraine's parolmeliament to con right away. much more coming up, but quickly, i want to check some other headlines a at this hour. happening near denver, in fact, a major car pileup, take a look at this, after a snowstorm caused an accident along a busy interstate, our affiliate kdvr tweeted this photo of cars wrecked and jammed, statement 25 now closed no word on when it will reopen. out west in california, folks there experiencing another kind of frustration after suffering it's worst drought in 100 years. take a look at this scene in los angeles, heavy rain triggering dangerous mudslides, thousands were forced to evacuat
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about mistaken identity, about self-defense, murder, premeditated murder. self-defense again and again, and i think that's what's going to determine, what south african's think, what the police think or oscar's defense think, it all boils down to the judge. it's all about law in the end. >> thank you very much indeed. i want to bring in a man who's known oscar pistorius since he was a child. >> i know you didn't keep in touch with oscar in later years. what was he like when you went to school with him. we're going to come to an extreme parallel, what was he like? >> you know, piers, i lost contact with him when i went to high school. but i knew he -- i was a little older than im, i went to high school with him. he was always the happiest kid, covered in sweat, everyone always wanted to touch his prosthetic legs. >> he became this national hero, a hero around the world to many people who are suffering perhaps similar disabilities that he had. a huge shock, to anyone who ever knew him like you did, a massive shock. >> it was unbelievable. south africa treats
about mistaken identity, about self-defense, murder, premeditated murder. self-defense again and again, and i think that's what's going to determine, what south african's think, what the police think or oscar's defense think, it all boils down to the judge. it's all about law in the end. >> thank you very much indeed. i want to bring in a man who's known oscar pistorius since he was a child. >> i know you didn't keep in touch with oscar in later years. what was he like when you went...
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every defense attorney does that. no matter who your client is. there is nothing unusual or bizarre. i think a defense attorney would be nuts not to put their client on the stand and develop some facts that just helps the jury relate to them. >> when the verdict was read, apparently there was applause from kerry kennedy's side when she went over and shook the hand of the prosecutor. >> kerry kennedy found not guilty of driving while impaired >>> in the west, another icy blast with windchills dipping below zero. detroit public schools closed today because it is so closed. this is what happened after a water main break. the water froze completely solid on the streets. >>> the outgoing ambassador to russia says the crisis it ukraine is dire. they are patrolling a main airport. russian forces are conducting military drill near ukraine's border. men in camouflage uniforms are blocking one of the country's military air bases. you cra the ukraine's minister accuses russia and has pledged to keep fighting. victor yanukovych speaking from russia in his fir
every defense attorney does that. no matter who your client is. there is nothing unusual or bizarre. i think a defense attorney would be nuts not to put their client on the stand and develop some facts that just helps the jury relate to them. >> when the verdict was read, apparently there was applause from kerry kennedy's side when she went over and shook the hand of the prosecutor. >> kerry kennedy found not guilty of driving while impaired >>> in the west, another icy...
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pistorius' defense lawyer, barry rue ripping into the witness there, michelle burger, questioning her time and again, how many shots, how did you hear them? what did you hear the screaming? what did your husband hear? your husband heard something different? he accused her of, you are adapting, you are speculating, you are closing the gap, all but telling her she is getting wrong, trying to inject an element of doubt in her testimony. she started off as a nervous witness. she started off speaking her native african. she finished the afternoon speaking in english standing up to that severe cross-examination and that's what the prosecution needs, witnesses with confidence where there can be no doubt in what they are saying. the defense attorney clearly trying to introduce some doubt into what that witness was saying there. >> we'll keep following the murder trial along with you there. thank you so much. still to come, investors on wall street bracing for the worst. why the political crisis is causing economic turn moil around the world. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purc
pistorius' defense lawyer, barry rue ripping into the witness there, michelle burger, questioning her time and again, how many shots, how did you hear them? what did you hear the screaming? what did your husband hear? your husband heard something different? he accused her of, you are adapting, you are speculating, you are closing the gap, all but telling her she is getting wrong, trying to inject an element of doubt in her testimony. she started off as a nervous witness. she started off...
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security meeting was happening here at the white house, and we have exclusive pictures of that, of the defense secretary chuck hagel of the director of national intelligence, james clapper, all coming into the white house, and we understand, jim, from talking to the various officials that vice president biden and secretary of state john kerry also joined in on that national security meeting via conference, and some tough talk coming from the white house, and it is clear that they want russia out of crimea, and the question now becomes, does russia respond, and what does the united states do next? jim? >> and the president delivering a tough message and building a coalition that hee ne needs can and france to corroborate. and ian, i know there is frustration among the protesters and even the crimean politicians that they have not gotten the backup or the support they wanted from the west. and do you think that in the phone calls, the stern messages and the talk of costs for russia they are beginning to hear the support they are looking for? >> i think they are starting to hear positive signs bs
security meeting was happening here at the white house, and we have exclusive pictures of that, of the defense secretary chuck hagel of the director of national intelligence, james clapper, all coming into the white house, and we understand, jim, from talking to the various officials that vice president biden and secretary of state john kerry also joined in on that national security meeting via conference, and some tough talk coming from the white house, and it is clear that they want russia...
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. >> translator: self-defense forces created by the crimeian residents as the military of the black sea fleet, they are on their own bases. >> never mind the fact that only days ago, russian's foreign ministry admitted troops were in crimea. and secretary of state john kerry met with ravlov a and the foreign minister in the hopes he could get them both to the table. russia refused. >> russia made a choice and we have clearly stated that we believe it is the wrong choice to move troops into crimea, russia can now choose to deescalate this situation and we are committed to working with russia and together with our friends and allies in an effort to provide a way for this entire situation to find the road to deescalation. >> there is breaking news tonight. we're learning exactly how the russian invasion came together. just pieces of information starting to form a clearer picture, whether there was a lot of advanced planning or whether the plan was launched really on the fly by russia, implications for u.s. intelligence agencies which are being slammed in some quarters for being caught offg
. >> translator: self-defense forces created by the crimeian residents as the military of the black sea fleet, they are on their own bases. >> never mind the fact that only days ago, russian's foreign ministry admitted troops were in crimea. and secretary of state john kerry met with ravlov a and the foreign minister in the hopes he could get them both to the table. russia refused. >> russia made a choice and we have clearly stated that we believe it is the wrong choice to...
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everybody said they are acting on self defense. russia has been suggesting that maybe it is in the crimean order to protect ethnic russians in the region. of course people on the kbroupd a ground are saying there is no threat. i should stress that even if there was a threat to russians, that is not a basis under which putin can move in. so it's more the invocation and right now it's in a court of public opinion. they are saying hey, we and our allies will try to address your concerns and it seems essentially trying to call putin's bluff on his cushions of how he is concerned for russians in crimea. when you are talking about him inventing a legal premises as you see it to justify these actions, have we seen other places or other examples approximate examples of this? >> we have seen it, but what is interesting is how the tune changed. he didn't bother to say international law was an aside. when they violated international law, he started to invent the idea that he was asked to go in and by the legitimate government by the deposed p
everybody said they are acting on self defense. russia has been suggesting that maybe it is in the crimean order to protect ethnic russians in the region. of course people on the kbroupd a ground are saying there is no threat. i should stress that even if there was a threat to russians, that is not a basis under which putin can move in. so it's more the invocation and right now it's in a court of public opinion. they are saying hey, we and our allies will try to address your concerns and it...
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he has been successful in making us back down on missile defense. we took four base missiles out of poll ant and the czech republic that caused problems with the allies. he did well on the nuclear negotiations and tactical nukes taken off the table and a big win for the russians. he sees this as a long-term game and he is experiencing long-term successes. if anyone thinks he woke up in the morning and decided to do something in the crimean peninsula, they are fooling themselves. he had the legislature teed up and they said if any portion of the ukraine partitions to be part of russia, they will welcome them. the legislature said russian troops can go into the ukraine. all of that was preset and going into the olympics, many people including me were saying watch what happens after the olympics. he telegraphed that significantly. i think people are fooling themselves. nato has been cutting the defense budgets and nation states are reducing their contribution rates and have over the last decade. if anyone is living in the wrong world right now, i think
he has been successful in making us back down on missile defense. we took four base missiles out of poll ant and the czech republic that caused problems with the allies. he did well on the nuclear negotiations and tactical nukes taken off the table and a big win for the russians. he sees this as a long-term game and he is experiencing long-term successes. if anyone thinks he woke up in the morning and decided to do something in the crimean peninsula, they are fooling themselves. he had the...
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that defense system people will forget about how outspoken he was. maybe down the idea he could work more aggressively. you get the sanctions. world markets today responding very negatively to this. so there's some pressure. the ruble is taking a beating right now. so, what can you do economically, and what have you anticipated because vladimir putin must know this, he must know you're going to go to his pocket so how do you think about what you can do that he's not ready for? >> one of the things i think about is the vote in the upper house in russia. that vote in favor of this aggressive posture of intervention, military force, was something like 80 out of 166. clearly the russians are of mixed mind here about how far they can go, should go. so one of the things we want to do is increase the wait. so not only should we work with europe on this economic point but in the meantime in the security council right now we should be moving a resolution which would probably have the support of the entire international community except maybe for russia. make
that defense system people will forget about how outspoken he was. maybe down the idea he could work more aggressively. you get the sanctions. world markets today responding very negatively to this. so there's some pressure. the ruble is taking a beating right now. so, what can you do economically, and what have you anticipated because vladimir putin must know this, he must know you're going to go to his pocket so how do you think about what you can do that he's not ready for? >> one of...
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it is defense the person who killed them. we are getting a warning to take our seats. the president wants to take what is successful and other cities around the country, he wants to make that an initiative that they embrace and give millions to. it is as you said private money. and philanthropists around the country. colin powell is here and the head of the urban league is here as well. i saw rahm emmanuel now that the mayor is here. especially in big cities where young black men face many issues in some big cities. 80% the black men in those cities have criminal records. a black child and black boy born today had a in three chance spending time in prison for in his life. that's what the president is trying to correct as we get ready here. you see all the people here getting ready. i will be here for that initiative. >> we will take it live. do me a favor and stand by. a voice walk in, the author of the eight principals of empowerment and a professor at syracuse university. listen, i know that you endorsed barack obama. many, many moons ago. when it comes to this initi
it is defense the person who killed them. we are getting a warning to take our seats. the president wants to take what is successful and other cities around the country, he wants to make that an initiative that they embrace and give millions to. it is as you said private money. and philanthropists around the country. colin powell is here and the head of the urban league is here as well. i saw rahm emmanuel now that the mayor is here. especially in big cities where young black men face many...
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this was just outside a ministry of defense building here in the capital, moscow. yes, they say around 50 people were arrested. it would seem these were people who were unanticipate about russian military action in ukraine because they believe that ukraine is a state, one which russia has had long standing, and they do not want to see any sort of war between these two countries. interestingly though, that is also the same feeling that probably motivates i think the majority of russians to believe that russia is doing the right thing by intervening militarily in this way. most russians do see this brotherly connection with the russians who live across the border in ukraine, particularly in crimea. there are many people here who really see that region as a natural extension of the russian motherland. they see it as part of the russian federation. in heart, if not in actual fact. so for that reason, it is politically, i think, a much more popular -- the decision for president putin to intervene in this way is certainly more popular. there are some that don't like it b
this was just outside a ministry of defense building here in the capital, moscow. yes, they say around 50 people were arrested. it would seem these were people who were unanticipate about russian military action in ukraine because they believe that ukraine is a state, one which russia has had long standing, and they do not want to see any sort of war between these two countries. interestingly though, that is also the same feeling that probably motivates i think the majority of russians to...
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secretary of defense chuck hagel is talking before the senate defense committee. we'll take that live. >> reaffirming our commitments to allies in central and eastern europe. i strongly support these efforts. the way it is being handled. the steps the president has taken to apply both the diplomatic and economic pressure on russia. and the continued collaboration, coordination with our european partners. this includes the new visa restrictions and executive order authorizing sanctions that the white house announced this morning. earlier this week, as you know, i directed the department of defense to suspend all military to military engagements and exercises with russia. and yesterday, i announced a series of steps that we'll take to reinforce allies in central and eastern europe during this crisis. these include stepping up our joint training through our aviation detachment in poland. i was advised this morning that that continues to move forward. i visited poland a few weeks ago, and we are going to augment our participation in nato's ballistic air policing missi
secretary of defense chuck hagel is talking before the senate defense committee. we'll take that live. >> reaffirming our commitments to allies in central and eastern europe. i strongly support these efforts. the way it is being handled. the steps the president has taken to apply both the diplomatic and economic pressure on russia. and the continued collaboration, coordination with our european partners. this includes the new visa restrictions and executive order authorizing sanctions...
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this is an interesting defense. this kind of drug has what you called an amnesia effect. this jury believed her expert. they did not believe, necessarily, what the prosecutor's expert was trying to primulgate. on this particular drug, she wouldn't have been aware she was driving erratically. >> you talked to kerry kennedy in the courtroom. what did they say? >> i was just in the courtroom when that verdict rank out. the jury deliberated about it, an hour and 10 minutes. i asked kerry kennedy, has this experience changed you at all. because this could be life changing in one way or another. she was a defendant in a courtroom. that has never happened before. she said, it really hasn't. she said she is not angry at all. she is just so grateful for the jury, grateful for the court officials. i saw some things a minute ago. i have never seen in a courtroom before. number one, the courtroom erupted into applause. it was from the side of kerry kennedy. she stood up after the jury left the room. she walked over to the prosecutors. she shook their hands before she left the courtro
this is an interesting defense. this kind of drug has what you called an amnesia effect. this jury believed her expert. they did not believe, necessarily, what the prosecutor's expert was trying to primulgate. on this particular drug, she wouldn't have been aware she was driving erratically. >> you talked to kerry kennedy in the courtroom. what did they say? >> i was just in the courtroom when that verdict rank out. the jury deliberated about it, an hour and 10 minutes. i asked...
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today, the defense attorney gave hints on timing. he said to this witness you call security at 3:13 a.m., and that call lasted 58 seconds. then you got to your balcony to continue to witness what was happening at 3:17. oskar eriksson at 3 in the 19:50, you get the idea how precise the timings are becoming now, called for help after he had broken the door down. so what the defense is saying now to this witness. you didn't hear gunshots, you heard oskar eriksson breaking down the bathroom door with a cricket bat when he realized that reeva steenkamp, his girlfriend was shot or wounded inside. and we've had testimony from the fourth witness taking the stand, a professional boxer, friend of oskar eriksson, looked up to him because he was helping him with his diet for his training. talking about how they were in a restaurant just over a year ago. oskar eriksson passed a pistol under the table. he was told there was a bullet in it. the bullet discharged, hit the floor. oscar asking a friend to take the blame for that. this is one of the co
today, the defense attorney gave hints on timing. he said to this witness you call security at 3:13 a.m., and that call lasted 58 seconds. then you got to your balcony to continue to witness what was happening at 3:17. oskar eriksson at 3 in the 19:50, you get the idea how precise the timings are becoming now, called for help after he had broken the door down. so what the defense is saying now to this witness. you didn't hear gunshots, you heard oskar eriksson breaking down the bathroom door...
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defense secretary chuck hagel is taking a very different tact. warning them to stay out of the ukraine. >> for more on this, we have a contributing editor at atlantic media. talk about a confusing situation. it feels like a very critical moment in what direction this crisis is going to go. you have two airports where they have armed gunmen, you have the ukrainian government saying it's an armed invasion by russia. what do you think this tells us? >> russia suffered a big defeat with this revolution of viktor yanukovych. i think what putin is trying to do is send a message that ukraine cannot be anti-russian. one of the leverages they have is the area of crimea. it used to be part of russia, not part of the ukraine. maybe half the people in the crimea are ethnically russian. so by stirring up some kind of secession sentiment there, it's a way of sending a message to the capitol kiev, if you go too far, we're going to stir up a movement that's going to cause you a lot of problems. >> do you think that while what we're hearing from russian officials
defense secretary chuck hagel is taking a very different tact. warning them to stay out of the ukraine. >> for more on this, we have a contributing editor at atlantic media. talk about a confusing situation. it feels like a very critical moment in what direction this crisis is going to go. you have two airports where they have armed gunmen, you have the ukrainian government saying it's an armed invasion by russia. what do you think this tells us? >> russia suffered a big defeat with...
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a defensive move, according to u.s. military officials. but the u.s. is sounding the alarm against outside players. in an interview on msnbc's "mitchell reports," secretary of state john kerry warned putin that this should not be a continuation of cold war games. >> we do not believe this should be an east/west, russia/united states. this is not "rocky iv." believe me. >> reporter: meanwhile in the capital of kiev, protesters cut down the fence surrounding that parliament building. demanding they be close to the people. a strong show of force in pursuit of a new ukraine. russia is now reporting the former ukrainian vict viktor yanukovych who has been a fugitive here in this country, has requested personal protection from russia and that has been granted somewhere on the territory of the russian federation. that could mean he's in russia somewhere or perhaps within a naval facility, a russian naval facility of the ukrainian black sea coast. >> phil black, thank you. >>> the firestorm create by arizona's so-called religious rights bill is over. but not r
a defensive move, according to u.s. military officials. but the u.s. is sounding the alarm against outside players. in an interview on msnbc's "mitchell reports," secretary of state john kerry warned putin that this should not be a continuation of cold war games. >> we do not believe this should be an east/west, russia/united states. this is not "rocky iv." believe me. >> reporter: meanwhile in the capital of kiev, protesters cut down the fence surrounding that...
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sort of controlling force, operating with a very real presence alongside pro-russian local units, self-defense units, whatever they may be, people who are wearing a georgian ribbon which is a symbol of russian military valor and who are acting alongside these marked gunmen. these reports that there are 2,000 according to u.s. security officials, russian military operating in crimea, now the ukrainian government says as many as 6,000. it's very hard to give you any kind of confirmation of that on the ground. it is not as though the capital city, simferopol is littered with army troops going around? no. they are in very specific locations. they're acting in a low-key impression and it's impossible to tell you exactly who they are. but it is impossible to believe they are anything other than russian military because of their high level of organization, their efficiency, the weapons that they carry. and it would seem as though behind the scenes, and with the help of those gunmen, vladimir putin is massaging the pro-russian forces in to this country, who are now led by a new leader, who is effectiv
sort of controlling force, operating with a very real presence alongside pro-russian local units, self-defense units, whatever they may be, people who are wearing a georgian ribbon which is a symbol of russian military valor and who are acting alongside these marked gunmen. these reports that there are 2,000 according to u.s. security officials, russian military operating in crimea, now the ukrainian government says as many as 6,000. it's very hard to give you any kind of confirmation of that...